The first target of the interstellar mining industry is asteroids.

The planets in the solar system that have mining value are all asteroids, and even other galaxies with high value are also asteroids.

Psitron is still a relatively large asteroid, and most of the valuable targets are much smaller than Psychia, but it has the same characteristics as Psychia, that is, there are a large number of precious metals, rare metals and other rare minerals on the surface.

This type of asteroid is generally the core of the planet, and after a violent collision between the planets, the surface layer breaks away from the planet and collapses, and the core is left alone.

If mining is for a planet similar to the Earth, it is like mining activities on the surface of the Earth, the mining process will be complex and the cost will become very high.

Mining minerals on other planets is obviously much more difficult than on Earth.

Interstellar mining can only be carried out in the early stage, for example, directly find a whole high-value mineral deposit on the surface, because there must be only a simple base and simple equipment in the initial stage, and the transportation cost of large-scale equipment will be very high.

So how do you mine asteroids?

Many asteroids are only a few kilometers in diameter, and it is impossible to build a base on them, and the best way to do this is to 'catch' the asteroid and transport it to a fixed location.

For example, if you build a base on a planet and catch asteroids near the base, you can carry out mining activities.

The way to catch asteroids is obviously not to use fishing nets or other similar equipment, and gravitational pulling technology is very important.

With stable gravitational pulling technology, you can use a spacecraft to continuously release the gravitational field on the asteroid, constantly modify and change its trajectory, let it fly in the established direction, and slowly control the landing to the designated location.

Of course, gravitational technology pulling an asteroid is definitely a huge project, but if it can be successfully towed, the harvest will be extremely huge.

At present, the gravitational field technology has been available, and the release coverage can reach several kilometers or more than ten kilometers, and its technical difficulties are mainly in the fine control of gravitational field coverage.

If the gravitational control is not fine, the asteroid's trajectory will not be stable, then there will be a great risk, after all, the object is an asteroid, if it collides violently with a large planet, it will be more serious, and even cause a devastating disaster.

At the Spaceship Corporation's conference, gravitational pulling technology was discussed, and the fine control of gravitational field technology was discussed.

This kind of fine control requires technical upgrades and a lot of experimental data to support.

In addition, it is to create a 'towing spaceship'.

'Towing spacecraft' is a spacecraft that releases the gravitational field to pull asteroids, and the development of towing spacecraft has also become an important part of the plan.

Now the spaceship company has made it very clear that interstellar mining will become the most important R&D direction for the company in the future.

Now the international market situation can see a lot of things, affected by various new technologies, the energy industry has been violently shaken from top to bottom.

Petrodollar, has essentially gone bankrupt.

The main reason is the changes brought about by new technologies, including the realization of nuclear fusion power generation technology, including the exposure of annihilation particle technology, so that many people know that the future belongs to advanced technologies such as nuclear fusion and annihilation particles, both of which are clean and pollution-free, especially the latter can bring a steady stream of energy, and it is pure energy.

At the same time, polluting fossil fuels have naturally been violently impacted, and international oil prices have fallen by as much as five times compared with five years ago.

In the financial industry, it is important to anticipate the future of something.

Everyone knows that fossil fuels will be replaced, whether it is oil, natural gas or traditional coal, it will be extremely hard.

In contrast, the price of metals is constantly rising.

The metal resources on the earth are limited, and the precious metals on the surface are very rare, and many industries of new technology use a lot of metal materials, and annihilation technology companies also use a large number of precious metals to make more rare, more widely used first-order precious metals, and the price of metals will naturally continue to rise.

In addition, with the bankruptcy of the petrodollar, gold has re-emerged as an important currency anchor.

The Anti-Gravity Center also released the results, announcing the manufacture of first-order gold, which has stronger stability, the resistance value is infinitely close to superconductivity, and the unit current load is far higher than that of ordinary superconducting materials.

The combination of so many properties has also caused the price of gold to continue to rise, which has increased by as much as four times compared to five years ago.

Many experts in the financial industry have come forward to believe that gold will continue to rise, because gold is not just a hoarded precious metal, but has a lot of practical applications, that is, gold will continue to consume, and will appear in various equipment and products, the price of gold will naturally continue to rise.

"Even, for the time being, there is no upper limit."

Ledmo, the head of the internationally renowned investment fund, said in an interview, "The current situation is that mining cannot keep up with the use, and central banks are hoarding gold, but the total amount is still decreasing." ”

"Until there is no new gold, or until there is some technology to replace gold, the price of gold will remain stable at the very least."

"Normally, it's going to keep rising."

The price of gold continues to rise, and the prices of other precious metals are also growing, which has also affected many manufacturing industries, and the cost of products has also risen.

In this context, interstellar mining has broad prospects.

But only if it can be done, and it can be shipped back to Earth at a low cost.

Interstellar mining involves two points, one is the construction of the base, and the other is the construction of transport ships.

It is not easy to build a base on other planets that can provide human survival and can be easily mined, in fact, the technology is not the main problem, the main problem is transportation.

Humans have built space stations for decades at most.

It is not more difficult to build a base on the surface of the planet that can be used for human survival than to build a space station, and the single point is mainly reflected in transportation, that is, to transport a large number of equipment and tools needed for human life and mineral mining to other planets.

At the same time, there is a need for a large, low-cost transport ship that can transport the mined minerals back to Earth.

The cost of the two is also very high.

The cost of human beings living and working on other planets is astronomical, and the construction of transport ships needs to be demonstrated in more detail.

Wang Hao generally does not express opinions on the development of the spacecraft company, but as the company's chief adviser and the only individual shareholder, he still makes suggestions on technical issues.

For example, the gravitational pulling technique has put forward some ideas and suggestions.

In addition, there is the problem of the manufacture of transport ships.

Wang Hao proposed a feasible plan, "I think we should use lateral anti-gravity technology to build large transport ships. ”

"But it's not a combination of lateral anti-gravity and a light-pressure engine, and that kind of carrier is too complicated and the cost is simply unimaginable."

"We should use annihilation particle technology combined with solar magnetization power generation as the energy basis, and the combination of Hall propulsion technology and conventional propulsion technology as the main propulsion method."

"The transport ship does not need high acceleration, does not need too high speed, and does not need too many manned cabins, what is needed is a large load, low cost, and a wide range of lateral anti-gravity technology, which can help the spacecraft get rid of gravity, and combined with conventional propulsion technology, it is enough."

"Energy, on the other hand, is solar magnetization, which is sufficient to support lateral anti-gravity and the power required for propulsion."

……

Strong S-wave experimental base.

Wang Qiang, Zhang Junlei and others should prepare a new experiment, and the new experiment is the same as the last time, which is to repeatedly verify the transmission problem of the laser.

Wang Qiang was a little discouraged, because his experimental proposal was rejected, and Wang Hao only approved the same experiment again.

"The experiments we designed can verify a lot of content, but unfortunately, Academician Wang disagrees......"

Wang Qiang felt very depressed when he thought about it.

Zhang Junlei said, "Don't worry too much, the risk of the experiments we designed is really high, but the detection is a problem, and the inspectors will also be very dangerous, we can't put others in danger because of the research, I think Academician Wang is right." ”

"However, Academician Wang is coming back!" Wang Qiang said with depression, he already felt the urgency of time.

After Wang Hao left, Wang Qiang was the main person in charge of the test base, and there were several other co-leaders, who discussed and discussed the direction of experimental research together.

Wang Qiang wants to prove himself, and others have similar ideas, including Zhang Junlei.

Together, they design experiments and make new discoveries, and they feel a great success, and their contributions can be recorded in a good way.

Wang Hao came back differently.

A lot of research feels like Wang Hao's own contributions, and everyone else is just a foil, and the audit team of the science and technology department thinks so, they feel that if a group of people study with Wang Hao, they can also make progress and breakthroughs.

Of course, this is indeed the case.

So they hope to have the opportunity to prove themselves, but Wang Hao's imminent return has become pressure.

Xiao Xinyu and Yan Jing were very calm, they had been following Wang Hao for a longer time, and they had long been immune to these things.

At the same time, they also have a very clear understanding of themselves.

Xiao Xinyu is a good man, he just stood next to him and just smiled, and Yan Jing gave a 'friendly' suggestion, "Team Leader Wang, otherwise, you can apply for a research project by yourself, maybe you can directly apply for research on wormhole technology, if there is a breakthrough, funding is not a problem." ”

“……”

Wang Qiang was silenced by Yan Jing's words.

The others wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh and covered their mouths, and finally heard Wang Qiang reluctantly say, "If I had this ability, I would have applied for it a long time ago......."

After Yan Jing left, Zhang Junlei comforted Wang Qiang with a smile, "Professor Yan has been with Academician Wang for a long time, and she probably can't hear anything about Academician Wang, so don't care." ”

"I don't care, I'm not that careful"

Wang Qiang shook his head and smiled bitterly, "The problem is, what Professor Yan said is indeed right. It is impossible for us to study it ourselves, and we still have to rely on Academician Wang. So what we want to prove, it's funny to think about. ”

"It's really the same psychology as a child......"

"It's so naïve!"

Wang Qiang's words made the others silent, thinking about it carefully, it really makes sense, the strong S waves were all discovered under the leadership of Academician Wang, including the basic theory and experimental direction, all of which were determined by Academician Wang.

Now that Academician Wang is at the Tianhang Base, they have a short time to design experiments on their own, and even if they make any discoveries, they will all follow the direction set by Academician Wang.

If you change to a group of people, you can still have the same discovery, and even say that you may do better.

So it's not a big deal to have a discovery.

They continued to prepare for the new experiment, and the preparation for the experiment was almost done, and they had already prepared it when they submitted the new experiment, and they had prepared more content.

In terms of testing, the relevant responsible teams have been prepared for a long time.

This time, the team that went to the Mediterranean Sea for testing was replaced by a team led by Meng Jun, and they also went there on a cargo ship, but the destination was not the port of Naples, but Barcelona, and they only passed through the area around the port of Naples.

Because there had already been an experiment, the team leader Meng Jun had an idea of what would happen, and the other members of the group didn't know anything.

They arrived in advance near the sea area where the thin layer of strong S waves appeared, and used encrypted military satellite equipment to maintain domestic communications, and also took video footage of the scene throughout the process.

The difficulty of Meng Jun's team to perform the task is higher than that of Zhang Yaokun's team.

Because the location has been determined and they know in advance what will happen, they also carry advanced detection equipment and place it in advance into the sea water at a depth of several tens of meters.

The main purpose of this experiment was to determine 'the nature of the phenomenon discovered'.

There are two possibilities to see bright light in seawater, one is the excitation effect of penetrating the field, and the other is direct energy transmission, the difference is whether it is teleportation or replication.

If it is a teleportation, it is natural that only light can be seen, heat can be detected, and there will be no other phenomena.

The 'excitation effect of penetrating field forces' is different.

This method is equivalent to first annihilating the laser and disappearing, and then creating the same strong light in the thin layer of strong S waves, as if completely destroying one thing and creating the same thing, and other things will be detected in the process, because the strong light cannot appear out of thin air.

At that time, based on the on-site situation and the information detected by the equipment, a judgment can be made to a certain extent.